Day 1:Trace circle onto 1st piece of construction paper and have children draw a self portrait using crayons.

Day 2: Make a collage using pictures children cut from magazines (why not get in some cutting skills?) of items children like; favorite foods,colors etc and glue onto the second page.

Day 3:Trace circle onto 3rd piece of paper and using the blue and green paint have the children "dip" their index finger into the paint and put their fingerprints inside the circle. Write the words "My Fingerprints are Different from everyone in the world"Day 4: using the red paint (or any other color the child may prefer) paint the child's hand and place on the paper. Write "I am Special"

Day 5: The last page you will list the following;My Name Is__________________I am _____ years oldMy Birthday is__________________My Favorite Color is_____________My Favorite Food is ____________ I Like to ____________________I Don't Like__________________I Have ___brothers and ___ SistersI Have a pet___________________ ~ When all the pages are completed, punch 3 holes along the edge of all the papers and tie yarn through all the holes in the pages to make a book.

My Special Face

When I look in a mirror I see my face, And all of its parts are in their place. I see two little ears and one little nose, I see two little eyes and one little mouth. When I look in the mirror, what do I see? A wonderful and special me! (Give yourself a hug!)

~Jolanda Garcia

Edible All About Me Faces

What You Need:• Caramel Rice Cakes• Peach colored icing (mix white icing with orange food coloring)• Light Brown Icing (you can mix chocolate and white icing together to get many shades of skin tones)• Brown, Black, and Red Licorice for hair• Yellow taffy for blonde hair• Crushed chocolate/ Vanilla cookies for hair• Chocolate candies, blue, green and brown for eyes• Red candies for the mouth• Fruit shaped candies for hair bow• Yellow candy for middle of hair bowWhat To Do:• Give each child a rice cake and allow them to choose the icing that is closest to their skin color and spread it on the rice cake.• Give them candies to choose from to create their faces,hair etc

All About Me

A great way for children to share something about themselves (and to boost their self confidence) is to send home a lunch bag with the following note stapled to it: All About Me Bag ,As part of our theme "all about me," we would like to welcome the children to share things about themselves with their classmates. Find 3-5 things that represent your child and place them in the bag. Some ideas may include an object that is their favorite color, or a label/package from their favorite food, or something they may collect. Please make sure it fits in the bag! We will be sharing these bags with the other children during group this week. You may bring them in any day this week! We look forward to learning more about your child!

All About Me Posters

These Posters are wonderful to display in your hallway! Send them home with your Students on the first day of school to decorate at home and return to school. They are reasonably priced at Oriental Trading Company, you get 30 of them for $8.00! Just click the picture to bring you to the site.

All About Me!

Provide each child with a cut out like below made from Poster Board. Have them decorate it at home to represent themselves. They can use whatever they would like such as fabric for clothes, yarn for hair etc. These come out so cute! Hang them around the room or in the hall and let the other children guess who is who.

My Family Tree

Use a design foam roller to make the trunk. Paint the branches with a paint brush and add the leaves with a leaf stamp or sponge. Send the apples home for the Parents to write their family members names on them. Glue the apples to the tree.